(established stones)
standardized local exchange of moves
known sequences of moves often near the corner which result
in a near equal position for both sides

Proverbs

When you study joseki, you lose two stones in strength.

A meijin needs no joseki.

Go is essentially a form of harmony. Go in the 21st century will have to be go of the 'harmony of the six points - the four quarters, the above and the below.' As in life we will need to view the whole rather than the part. Japanese go has focused too heavily on the local (joseki) rather than the whole for 300 years. The reason the Chinese and Koreans are overtaking the Japanese is that they are closer to achieving this whole-board view. --- Go Seigen, 9 dan pro, 1994.

Japanese

bane
hane

We are in the middle of a 'komoku joseki' (black to move)
Black can raise his low position by playing at 1 ('hane')

Chinese

ban1

English

a move on top of an enemy chain

Proverbs

Hane? Extend! Make it a habit.

There is death in the hane.

At the head of two stones in a row, play hane.

At the head of three stones in a row, play hane.

Japanese

ate komi

We are in the middle of a 'hoshi joseki' (black to move).
Normal continuations at this point are [a] or 1 ('ate komi').

English

playing inside an enemy kosumi

Japanese

yurumi shicho

This position arose from a 'hoshi joseki' and it is black's move.
If black defends his cutting stones with 1, white can capture
them using the 'yurumi shicho' and 'geta' technique.
(Please note that this sequence works since white 6 and 8 are 'sente'.)
The correct 'joseki' move therefore is one point above [3].

English

loose ladder

Japanese

tsuke osae

The combination white 1 and 3 is called 'tsuke osae'

Chinese

peng4 dang3

English

attach and block. used in 4-4 point joseki to take the corner.

Japanese

tsuke nobi joseki

The combination white 1 and 3 is called 'tsuke nobi'.
In this case the combination initiates the 'tsuke nobi joseki'.

Chinese

kao4 ya1 ding4 shi4

English

4-4 point joseki where you attach against the knight's move approach
and extend when they hane

Japanese

takamoku joseki

Black 1, white 2 initiates a typical 'takamoku joseki'.

Chinese

gao1 mu4 ding4 shi4

English

joseki following from an initial stone at the 4-5 point

Japanese

ate-tsugi

We are in the middle of a 'hoshi joseki'.
Two variations starting from here start with 'ate-tsugi':
1. White [a], Black [b], White [c], or
2. White [a], Black [b], White [d]

Chinese

da3 (he2) lian2

English

the combination of a (single stone) check move and a connection move

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